found: African American National Biography, accessed December 2, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Atkins, Charles "Cholly"; Charles Atkinson; tap dancer, choreographer; born 13 September 1913 in Pratt City, Alabama, United States; began recording soundtracks for tap sequences in Hollywood films (1936); began dancing with and doing choreography for the Cotton Club Boys at the New York World's Fair (1939); co-formed "Class Act" duo and toured internationally (1946); performed in the Broadway musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; ran tap program at the Katherine Dunham School of Arts and Research in New York City and taught at the International School of Dance at Carnegie Hall; choreographed for Cadillacs, Little Anthony, Imperials, Gladys Knight and the Pips (1950s); was staff choreographer for the record label Motown's Artist Development Wing, also known as "Motown U" (1965); won a Tony Award for best choreography for the Broadway musical Black and Blue along with Frank Manning, Fayard Nicholas, and Henry Letang (1989); earned a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship (1993); died 19 April 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States)